Simeon Olcott

Simeon Olcott (1 October 1735-22 February 1815) was a US Senator from New Hampshire from 17 June 1801 to 3 March 1805, succeeding Samuel Livermore and preceding Nicholas Gilman. He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
Simeon Olcott was born in Bolton, Connecticut in 1735, and he became a lawyer in Charlestown, New Hampshire in 1761. He was a selectman from 1769 to 1771, a judge of probate for Cheshire County in 1773, and a representative in the general assembly of the province from 1772 to 1773. In 1790, he became a judge of the superior court, and chief judge in 1795. Olcott then served in the US Senate from 1801 to 1805, and he died in 1815.